LUNCH is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. LUNCH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LUNCH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LUNCH is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LUNCH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How LUNCH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LUNCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What does LUNCH mean in Scrabble?
noun
A meal eaten in the middle of the day, between breakfast and dinner.
Lunch is usually lighter than the evening meal and is often eaten away from home, whether at school, at work, or in a restaurant. The word can also work as a verb, as in they lunched at the cafe on the corner, though the noun use is far more common. In many workplaces, the lunch break marks a fixed pause in the middle of the working day.
How LUNCH is used
Common everyday noun; often shortened informally to lunchtime or paired with words like packed lunch and lunch break.
- We usually have lunch together in the staff kitchen.
- She packed a sandwich for lunch before leaving the house.
- The meeting ran so long that lunch was pushed back an hour.
- They lunched quietly on the terrace overlooking the garden.
- His lunch break is exactly forty-five minutes long.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LUNCH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LUNCH
23 longer words begin with LUNCH.
Words ending in LUNCH
3 words end in LUNCH. Useful as a back hook: play LUNCH onto a word already on the board.
Words with LUNCH inside
6 words contain LUNCH in the middle. Words that start with LUNCH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LUNCH
Common questions about LUNCH
- Is LUNCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LUNCH, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LUNCH worth?
- LUNCH is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LUNCH mean?
- A meal eaten in the middle of the day, between breakfast and dinner.
- What letters can be added to LUNCH?
- LUNCH takes 2 hooks: 2 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LUNCH:
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